June 1, 2009

The Georgia Bulldogs will face the Oklahoma State Cowboys at 3:30 pm ET on Sept. 5th at newly renovated Boone Pickens Stadium. The game will be televised on ABC according to the Oklahoma State Athletic Department (times listed in press release are Central).

This means;

Georgia's players will be in bed at a reasonable hour on Saturday night. They should be plenty fresh to face the Gamecocks in Week 2.

JimFromDuluth was right on the 3:30 start. I thought it would be a twilight game.

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In anticipation of the baseball post mortem, I assume there will be a measure of disappointment, but I was/am encouraged: Second consecutive year of post season play (breaking a bit of a cycle, iirc), and it is one of the younger teams in college baseball. I can't wait until next year.

I wonder how many of us will pass on going to OkSt? A year ago, I would've said that it's absolutely a no-brainer, but then I started thinking about it and... it's just not that interesting if you have to choose between it and, say, the bowl game or a different away game.

I'm definitely going to Nashville (I always do), but I'm not going to Stillwater and will save the bucks to go to whatever bowl game we get... and hope it isn't Peach or MCB.

Just like the 3-4 years it took us to get over the disappointment of preseason top 3 in 2004 and then only winning ten games. Oops, I guess it didn't take that long to get over 2004. Then again, we had a 5th year senior QB and a veteran line coming back in 2005 ;)

You can live with the glass half full if you want. The fact is that as long as CMR is coaching it appears we are going to be one of the 10-15 schools that has a realistic chance at the MNC and SEC every year. It will always come down to team chemistry, injuries, breaks, and a couple plays being made (or not made) every year. The overall talent level of the roster doesn't change significantly from year to year. For example, this year compared to last.OffenseQB talent better in 08WR talent equal to 08RB talent better in 08OL talent better in 09TE talent equal to 08Overall offense is likely to be slightly less talented than 08.DefenseDL talent better in 09LB talent better in 09Corner talent slightly better in 08Safety talent equal in 09Overall defense is likely to be slightly more talented in 09.

Not too sure you are correct in saying "we are going to be one of the 10-15 schools that has a realistic chance at the MNC and SEC every year." I agree that we routinely have a shot at the SEC, but not the NC. We are one of those schools that has a window every 5-7 years. We had a shot in 02 (thank you GAYtors) and again last year (injuries and lack of leadership), but not this year. We simply missed our window the past 7 years. That window is not shut, it is merely not as wide open as in past years. 9-10 wins this year will be great. CWM and the D must prove themselves this year worthy of SEC championship football.

It's hard to say we didn't have a realistic shot in any year where we were top 6 in the BCS standings at some point after the middle of October. We have been in the top 6 at least once after mid-October every year under CMR except 2006 and 2001, the two years we started QBs who were in their first year in the system.

What? Are you at all familiar with how college football works? All you ever have control over is winning your conference, but if you do that in a conference like the SEC, you're in the NC mix most every year.

Look at the list of SEC champions since 2002:02 - UGA had one loss; bad luck that two other teams were undefeated03 - LSU had one loss; won NC04 - Auburn was undefeated; again, bad luck of doing that in a year when two other teams did too05 - UGA had two losses; seems to be the only year in this period where the SEC champion didn't have a legit NC chance06 - UF had one loss; won NC07 - LSU had two losses; won NC (note that UGA also had two losses, and if Vandy or SC or UK beats UT like they should have, this could easily have been us)08 - UF had one loss; won NC

I don't know what you're talking about with "windows" and such, but if you think winning a NC in most years involves anything more than winning the SEC and having a little luck, you're objectively wrong.

I agree that the Dawgs are a team that has "windows". In 02 team team had a realistic shot, in 07 we needed a ton of things to happen, this was not a real shot. As for what UF and LSU did in prior years is of no concern to us. What is a major concern is beating UF. Until that happens we are simply not a major threat year in and year out for the NC. We can, and have, won the SEC without beating Florida, with not real shot at a NC.

I imagine the N TX / App St games will make some grumble, but that's a pretty good schedule. Actually, almost carbon copy of last year's:

'Bama@ LSU

@ AZ StGA SouthernCentral MichiganTech

As for what UGA is paying these lesser opponents to play in Sanford, it's interesting to see that TN Tech and Coastal Carolina each are getting more than App St. I am going to assume that it's only due to the fact that they were scheduled later.

For me, an awful year for UGA is 8-4. That, in itself is a good thing. I don't care what the circumstances are....if the Dawgs don't find a way to win the SEC, the season is a failure. That's where we stand these days.

We we were not ranked behind Ohio State when we lost to UF. http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/2002_archive_bcs.html and go to full season view. We were ranked behind OU, ND, and Miami. OU and ND both lost before the end of the season.

Georgia was not only ranked ahead of Ohio State in 2002, Notre Dame lost just before the Florida kickoff and that afternoon Rutgers gave Miami a scare. Miami needed a 4th quarter comeback to win that one. If Georgia had beaten Florida even somewhat convincingly, Georgia likely leapfrogs Miami and slots in at #2 behind an Oklahoma team that lost a week or so later. That wasn't a window to get to the national title. It was a wide open barn door.

Dante, you seem to forget that Auburn got snubbed 2 years later, despite going undefeated. People forget that the SEC didn't get the same respect that it does now back then. Georgia likely would have been snubbed in 02 anyway.